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The Village VoiceLanchester, September 2005

Advertising Manager: John Hurran

32 Leehill Court, Lanchester, DH7 0QE

Telephone: (01207) 520288

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Issue No 8 Volume 6

Editor: Malcolm McKenzie

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The bells ready to be hoisted into place

The good news for the

campanologists among

us and our clock-

watching poet, the bells

returned to the Parish

Church in mid-August.

The new steel

framework was installed

and on Monday 15th

the team from Hayward

Mills Associates came

up from Nottingham to

start the installation.

There are six bells,

originally cast in 1810

by Mears & Son of

London, but three were

recast in 1936 and

another in 1959. Now

the other two have been

recast by Casting

T e c h n o l o g y

International of

Sheffield, with the

headstocks added by

Taylors of

Loughborough, the

9cwt A bell now marked

“Canon Peter

Waterhouse Vicar” and

the 5.5cwt C sharp

marked “Harry

Thompson” in memory

Ding dongthe bell

has gone

The church clock has

forgotten to chime

It’s been twelve o’clock

for a very long time

Where has its Ding Dang

Dong gone?

Who is to blame, it’s

such a shame

We cannot have a village

which we all admire

Without a chiming clock

up in the church spire

So please bring back the

church clock’s chime

At least everyone will

know the time

J I Kyle

THE BELLS ARE BACKof the former tower

captain who made a

generous bequest to the

church. The other bells

are F, E, D and B.

At time of writing the

installation was to be

complete by the end of

the week, and the

bellringers hoped to give

the bells a trial run on or

before Friday. The clock

should be reconnected

soon after.

Members of the Thursday Club at Eggleston

Thursday August

11th was a beautiful

summer’s day,

perfect for a ladies’

afternoon out.

We set off f rom

Lanchester a t

11.30am and travelled

via Staindrop to

Eggleston, arriving in

good time for lunch

at the Three Tuns.

In a lovely restaurant

room overlooking

superb countryside

we all enjoyed an

extremely good

home-cooked lunch.

After a photocal l

outs ide in the

sunshine it was off

over Bollihope

Common to Stanhope,

a del ightful

spot with the

Dales centre

and riverside

walk, just right

for walking off

lunch and

making just

that little bit of

space required

for afternoon

tea.

Final ly our

journey took

us through

Wols ingham

and home.

Good weather,

good food,

good company

- what a treat.

Olive

Simpkins

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Dear Sir,

I would like to take this

opportunity to thank

everyone: friends,

parents (past and

present) and pupils (past

and present) for their

kindness towards me in

the final weeks of my time

at Lanchester E.P. School.

The number of good

wishes, cards and

presents was

overwhelming and I was,

on several occasions,

reduced to tears by the

messages sent. I would

also like to say a special

thank you to Malcolm

Webb as Headteacher

and Canon Peter

Waterhouse as Chair of

Governors for their

constant support over

thirteen years.

Everything I ever did at

the school, both in and

out of the classroom was

for the benefit of the

children. I expected no

recognition for my work,

but realising how much I

was appreciated has

made me feel very humble.

I enjoyed thirteen

Dear Sir

The gardens at

Lanchester Social Club

have for some time been

looked after by Richard

Young, secretary, and

Ron Tully, committee

man. They have always

put on a good show, but

this year they have

surpassed themselves.

The garden is a mass of

colours and I doubt if

any social club in the

North can beat it. Well

done both of you.

Paul Smith

Honorary Life Member

Memorials to a well-

loved teacher at All

Saints RC primary

school, Mrs Maureen

McPartland, the

longest-serving teacher

on the staff, who died

last December, will be

unveiled in the autumn

term. The main entrance

door to the school will

be flanked by two

painted windows,

designed by Maralyn

O’Keefe in consultation

with the children of the

school and Mr

McPartland.

In addition there are

plans to install a carved

stone bench in the grass

area behind the school

playground.

ALL SAINTS’TEACHER

REMEMBERED

A welcome visitor to

Lanchester is Fr

Caetano, a friend of Fr

Alex d’Souza who

made a similar visit here

last year.

Fr Caetano has served

for three years in the

Queen of the Martyrs

parish in Assoina, Goa,

a former Portuguese

colony on the West

coast of India. It has a

congregation of 8000

and four pr ies ts ,

including two

chaplains . He is

entitled to a month’s

holiday a year, but has

saved them up to

spend three months as

a guest of Canon

Spence.

It has been a working

hol iday, as he has

looked after the parish

during Canon

Spence’s holiday in

Jerusalem, saying mass

and visiting the sick.

FR CAETANOFERNANDEZ

He finds that Britain is

more technical ly

advanced than Goa,

more tolerant and

liberal. We have more

security, as there are

more jobs available,

unemployed folks are

supported by the

State , there are

pensions for all as well

as medical treatment.

He is impressed by

“Churches Together”

and the friendship and

inter-marriage between

people of different

faiths. His stay here,

he feels, has given him

a broader vision. We

need to be good human

beings, he says, before

being good priests.

One new experience for

Fr Caetano, an Arsenal

supporter, has been to

visit St James’ Park.

Can he be persuaded

to change allegiance?

Probably not.

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wonderful years at the

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have worked in such a

super school with such

marvellous children and I

have many happy

memories to take with me.

Once again, many thanks

and I look forward to

meeting former pupils and

their parents in the

village, where I hope they

will keep me informed

about their progress.

Yours faithfully

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Denise Barnes will begin

work as school secretary

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school in the autumn

term, following the

retirement of Monica

Atkinson. Denise has

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schools at Benfieldside,

Blackfyne and Bridgehill.

The wedding took place

on a beautiful summer’s

day on Friday 5th August

at All Saints’ Catholic

Church. The Best Man

was Christopher Gallon

and the Chief Bridesmaid

was the bride’s sister,

Jane Curry. Jane was

assisted by Katherine

Hill, the Groom’s sister,

and two young children,

Alex and Becky Wilson,

god-daughters of the

bride. The bride wore a

tiara and an ivory Maggie

Sottero dress encrusted

with crystals and beading

detail. Sarah carried a

bouquet of calla lilies and

The wedding took place

at All Saints Parish

Church on a dry, sunny,

August 5th. The Best

Man was David’s

brother, Andrew. The

bride looked stunning in

her ivory dress

embroidered with dark

red and gold flowers on

the bodice. She carried a

bouquet of red and cream

roses with hypericum

berries. The Chief

Bridesmaid was Kate’s

sister, Rachel, who wore

a dark red dress and

carried a bouquet of

cream and red roses,

hypericum berries and

freesias. Rachel was

assisted by the Bride’s

best friend, Lisa Brown,

who travelled from Bristol

for the occasion. Lisa also

THE WEDDING OF DAVID WALESAND KATE BAILEY

THE WEDDING OF ANDREW HILLAND SARAH CURRY

wore a red dress and

carried a similar bouquet

to Rachel’s. The

reception for about 50

people was held at the

Raven Hotel, Ebchester

and this continued into

the evening with over 100

guests. The honeymoon

was spent in Greece.

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and Kate, a Special

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Plans for a

d e v e l o p m e n t

proposed by

Shepherd Homes are

avai lable in the

library. The site is of

course the one

formerly targeted by

Wimpeys, comprising

the former Council

Depot and the bit of

land between it and

the cemetery.

The proposal is for 24

dwellings, including

10 detached,

including five two-

storey ‘execut ive

homes’ overlooking

Kitswell Road and 2

two and a half storey

houses (with

skylights in the roof)

with 4 or 5 bedrooms.

There are a lso

terraced houses, also

2.5 storeys at the edge

of the site. All will

have uPVC window

frames and steel front

doors . The s ingle

access road will be

where the gate to the

Council depot now is.

There is no open

space on the site, but

the developers will

provide finance to

create an open space

elsewhere.

The developers have

consulted Lanchester

Parish Council and

L a n c h e s t e r

Partnership before

f inal is ing their

application.

An investigation on

‘Remediat ion’ ie

cleaning up the

pol luted Counci l

depot will be carried

out by Sir ius

Geotechnical Ltd.

A second proposal to

amend the planning

permission to turn the

Lanchester Arms into

flats and add three

dwellings behind it was

passed by Derwentside

Development Control

Committee on August

11th.

Durham County

Council’s Design and

Conservation officer

had disapproved of a

previous application

for changes to the rear

houses, saying that

they should be an

extension of the pub,

not separate buildings.

D e r w e n t s i d e ’ s

planning off icer

r e c o m m e n d e d

rejection of the plan

and it was withdrawn.

The proposal put

forward in July is for

three houses with a small

separation from the main

building. The planning

officer recommended

approval of the revision

and the committee duly

approved.

The owners of

Oakwood Stables have

been granted planning

permission by

Derwentside District

C o u n c i l ’ s

Development Control

committee to site a

caravan at the stables.

The appl icat ion

followed a number of

break-ins a t the

stables which raised

fears of harm coming

to the horses based on

the site. Lanchester

Parish Council had

concerns that

permission for a

caravan might lead to

a permanent building

outside the built-up

area, but Dis t r ic t

Council lors clearly

discounted this.

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Readers of the Village

Voice will have seen

that the Parish Plan was

formally adopted at the

meeting of the Parish

Council on July 12th.

It is a mark of the

importance attached to

the Plan that the parish

counci l agreed to

devote an additional

meet ing in August

solely to the

consideration of the

Plan. ( I t i s a lmost

unknown for the Parish

Council to meet in

Lanchester Partnership

website at www.

communigate.co.uk/ne/

lanchesterpartnership

has been given a long

overdue update. All

pages have been

rewritten to show the

current activities and

achievements of the

PARISH PLAN MEETINGAugust!) . That

meeting took place on

August 2nd and began

with a general overview

which recognised the

very ful l agenda

contained in Chapter

11 of the Plan - the

“Action Plan”. After

detailed discussion it

was agreed to establish

a Working Group both

to establish detailed

immediate priorities

and, in the longer term,

to monitor their

achievement and review

progress. It was also

agreed to ask the

Lanchester Partnership

to indicate their priorities

for consideration by the

Working Group so that

the Council and the

Partnership can

continue their joint

efforts on behalf of the

whole Parish. The

Working Group will meet

and prepare

recommendations for

the Parish Council

meeting on September

13th.

PARTNERSHIP WEBSITE GETSAN UPDATE

organisation. In addition

the Parish Plan and the

Village Design Statement

are now available on line.

Those without

broadband may find the

Parish Plan Summary

easier to download.

Communigate, part of the

group that publishes the

Northern Echo and

Durham Advertiser, is to

be thanked for hosting

the site as a free service

to the community.

If you do not have an

internet connection you

can read the Parish Plan

and Design Statement in

the library.

Nigel Hogg and Richard Salkeld supervise local children

‘surfing the net’ on the ELLIE BUS

ELLIE THE SPICE BUS

Fortunately no

pedestrians were on

the refuge in front of

the Parish Church on

Sunday 14th August

ACCIDENT IN VILLAGEwhen a motorist tried

to go through it at

about 9.30pm.

A young woman had to

be cut out of the car by

the fire brigade, while

her companion is

believed to have

escaped without

damage.

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The Village Voice team

have surveyed the prices

on a list of groceries, with

a view to finding the best

place to shop. Prices were

taken on or near Saturday

13th August.

Of course the range and

quality of goods, quality

of service, and layout of

the shelves in each shop

may influence you. In

addition, you get Discount

in the Coop and loyalty

points in Tesco and so on.

However, there are some

interesting savings to be

made.

The aim - to compare prices in our local supermarkets and print the results.

Product Quantity Tesco Morrisons Coop Sainsburys Kwik-Save Asda

Bananas per kilo 85 85 89 85 99 85

Butter 250g 53 72 65 69 53 53

Carrots per kilo 68 69 75 70 79 68

Corned beef 100g 32 25 43 59 52 31

Domestos 750ml 98 98 99 98 99 78

Eggs (cheap) 6 51 62 75 51 51 51

Mild cheddar per kilo 358 329 500 335 354 391

Milk (semi) 4 pts 111 111 116 111 107 153

Nescafe instant 200g 354 354 319 354 354 354

Onions per kilo 64 75 82 74 60 74

Orange juice litre 33 38 109 33 37 69

Rice Krispies 450g 174 175 189 175 179 98

Stork hard 250g 28 29 35 28 23 28

Sugar kilo 92 73 74 73 73 73

Sunflower oil 2 litres 94 134 137 99 94 91

Tea (Typhoo) 80 bags 147 149 159 147 149 177

Total   £18.42 £18.78 £21.66 £18.61 £18.63 £18.74

THE SHOPALOT COMPARATIVE SURVEY

For a second year, the

Lanchester Early Music

Festival gave its

opening concert on the

30th July in All Saints

Parish Church. The

concert entitled “An

Evening at the Palace of

Reason” was given by

Hexham Collegium

Musicum - Dr Ian Brunt

(organ and harpsichord)

and Brian Stewart

(flute). It gave the

audience a rare

opportunity to hear all

six of Bach’s sonatas for

flute and harpsichord.

Dr Brunt began each half

of the concert with a

Bach Organ Prelude and

interspersed the pieces

with contemporary

readings. He also

concluded the concert

with another Bach

Prelude as an encore. It

was an excellent

concert, if somewhat

lengthy at over three

hours, which was well

attended by over fifty

people. The excellent

interval refreshments

were again provided by

the Parish Ladies.

The second of this

year’s concerts of the

Early Music Festival was

given by Dr Ian Brunt on

Organ and Harpsichord.

It was entitled

“Bohemian Fifths” and

consisted of organ and

harpsichord pieces by

17th and 18th century

Bohemian composers

interspersed with

appropriate readings. It

was an interesting and

well attended concert

with the final

harpsichord suite by

Johann Kaspar

Ferdinand Fischer being

particularly enjoyable.

Unfortunately this

resulted in the encore of

the well known

Pachelbel’s Canon

being somewhat of an

anticlimax. The excellent

interval refreshments

were again provided by

the Parish Ladies.

Alan Williams

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A charity night held at

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July for Willowburn

Hospice raised the sum

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fund raisers are very

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On behalf of the fund-

raising committee, Paul

Smith would like to thank

all the local people who

donated prizes, with

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Lanchester’s Red

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special sale of high

quality household

goods, and this

happened during

the week starting

8th August. The

result was many

good bargains for

all and an extra

£400 for the Red

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licencees John and Jane

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by the Derwentside

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of a ball bath, a bouncy

VILLAGE PLAY DAY

castle, and soft play area

for small people.

Sadly, the full-scale

‘Lark in the Park’,

which has a much

larger range of

attractions for all ages,

Small children taking advantage, and seeming to enjoy, the

‘Ball Bath’

The ever-popular Bouncy Castle at the Village Play Day

A play scheme

arranged by the

playgroup leader Dee

Will iams in the

L a n c h e s t e r

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proved to be rather a

disappointment.

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However in the first week

the scheme attracted only

ten children on three

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only one participant on

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became clear that the

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provision by Park Life

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New courses are available from

September in the

Community Centre

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Saturday 3rd September

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Members of the Lions

group setting up their

bookstall in Front Street

were not entirely pleased

when, after parking

legally on the opposite

side of the road and

PARKING IS SUCH SWEET SORROWhauling the books across

to the stall, they saw any

number of people parking

on the double yellow lines

while shopping.

Derwentside appears to

have no traffic wardens,

and when there was one he

only came on Wednesday

morning to Lanchester.

Police are rarely seen giving

attention to illegal parking.

Is this a problem, or does

nobody care?

Makems are able to

benefit by the opinions

and advice of a number

of ‘Jury’ members who

file their observations

on each Sunderland

home game to ‘The

Journal’. Lanchester’s

Lawrence Coady has

been chosen as one of

the Jury, and his

trenchant comments

can be seen each

Monday in The

Journal’s columns.

JOURNALJURIST I would like to thank the

following shops in the

village for their

donations towards the

auction and raffle for a

Masquerade Ball I held

at Durham Castle on the

2nd July.

The event was in aid of

two charities:

(i) the Macmillan Cancer

Relief and

(ii)  the Marie Curie

Cancer Care.

THANKS FOR SUPPORT

We were pleased that we

raised £2,300 in total that

was split equally between

the two charities.

The shops were:

Lanchester Country

Home and Gifts;

Lanchester Pharmacy;

Lanchester Paint and

Decorating;

Lanchester Hardware;

New Image Hair Salon;

Peter Armstrong and Son

Electrical.

This was the 3rd

annual event and

we plan to hold a

fur ther one next

year.

If anyone would like

information on

buying tickets for

next year they can

cal l me on

07743642075.

Kind regards,

Michelle Anderson,

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Taking time out from work

this summer has proved to

be an interesting time for

Lanchester resident David

Rees. For some time he has

been appearing in various

TV and film dramas as a

supporting artist or extra,

and this month has proved

as productive a period as

would a normal twelve

month period.

“The moment I took leave

from my job, the phone

rang, and in a busy 12 day

period I worked on 3 films

and also had an audition

for a fourth.”

The films include “Summer

Solstice”, based on the

novel Winter Solstice shot

in Haddington, in which

David briefly appeared

over a two day period as a

journalist in a scene

involving actors who have

appeared in Heartbeat and

Taggart. The film stars

Honor Blackman. Referring

to the scenes he was

involved in David said “It

seems that an article I wrote

could bring the local

newspaper into disrepute,

and fierce debate ensued

between the paper’s editor

and owner, which I was

not supposed to, but did

witness.”

Next up was a local

production staring

Robson Green, made in

the North East in

conjunction with BBC

Wales. David and a motley

crew of extras, cheered a

rocket into space which

contains the ashes of the

late wife of the lead

character. The film features

a Welsh space project

which made David, who

hails from Wales, slightly

homesick if not

disorientated as the rocket

crew were decked out in

space suits adorned with

the Welsh flag, and the

beach launch pad was

festooned in Welsh

regalia. “Hard to credit

that we were only a few

miles from Morpeth” said

David.

EXTRA - READ ALL ABOUT ITNext up was “The Flying

Scotsman” filmed in

Glasgow, which relates the

true story of Graeme Obre,

consultant to the film

production, who built the

modern racing bike which

initially included parts from

a washing machine. Mr

Obre went on to claim two

world cycling speed

records, but sadly then

regressed into depression.

The scenes shot included

hospital scenes.

Lastly, an audition, the

results of which are

awaited, to feature as a

journalist in “The Last

King of Scotland”. An

intriguing title, as it implies

this might be an historical

period piece from past

times. Alas no, the title

relates to the early 1980’s

and the heinous regime of

Idi Amin in Uganda, whose

delusional outbursts

included his self

proclamation as King of

Scotland.

Earlier in the year David

was involved with a local

agency in filming at

Naworth Castle in “The

Virgin Queen” which is a

16th century drama. The

scenes shot included two

burnings at the stake.

“Quite gruesome even in

the knowledge that what

we witnessed was well

rehearsed drama with

every precaution built in.

The most galling part of

the day was the aroma of

lunch in the background

as we filmed!

The work can be exiting,

and brings together

extras from all walks of

life which to David makes

the experience. “I always

ask where people are

from and what they do.

During filming of The

Rocket Man, a fellow extra

advised me that he came

from a small village in Co

Durham that I’d probably

never heard of -

Lanchester! On asking me

where I was from I had

great pleasure in replying

that I came from a village in

Co Durham he clearly had

heard of, Lanchester!

Seems there is at least a

duo of supportive artists

in the village.

David Rees in “The Virgin Queen” at Naworth Castle

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This could be a pleasant

morning walk, with a pub

meal to look forward to.

Start at the Jolly Drover,

Leadgate, map reference

NZ133519. Circle the

adjoining roundabout to

the left, crossing two

roads, to join the C2C

cycle-track which was

formerly a mineral railway

leading to Sunderland.

Wind through the Maze

and continue past Broom

church, with a fine view to

the right of the linear hill-

top village of Iveston.

LEADGATE, LOUD HILL & PONTOP PIKE

3.5 miles

After 1400 yards enjoy the

“Old Transformers”. The

20-foot high Transformers

which tower over the track,

representing a coal miner

and a steel worker, were

created by David Kemp

and are based on old

electricity transformers

weighing over 14 tons.

After crossing a bridge

you can glimpse a set of

lime-kilns to the right of

the track. Go on to pass

them, and on reaching a

hand-gate right, take the

footpath going left to the

A693. Cross the road and

the wide verge, turn right

on the surfaced footpath

and when it ends, go on

and turn left again to enter

a green lane. Go up to the

top of the lane, turn left

through a kissing-gate

and walk along the flank

of Loud Hill at the top of

two fields. Cross two

elaborate stiles to reach a

path junction, and turn

left to head for Pontop

Pike, following the edge

of three grass fields. Pass

through a kissing-gate

near Pontop Pike Farm,

which has diversified into

masts.

Ignore the track ahead

and head half-left to a

stile, cross a paddock and

go ahead to another stile.

Here the line of an old

waggon-way can be

clearly seen ahead, soon

to be overgrown with

gorse, but it is easy to

pass the obstruction to

the right. Cross a stile, a

tiny stream and another

stile, keep on past the

remains of a pit, and when

faced with a forest of

gorse you have to circle it

to the left to reach a stile

on to a road.

Turn left for 150 yards, then

left again on the Annfield

Plain road, crossing

immediately to a gate.

There is no stile here, and

the gate is very difficult to

open. Enter the field and

go down to a gate beside

Brooms Farm. A muddy

section ends at another

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leads down to a tunnel

under the railway track,

then bear right through the

former station yard.

Continue in a narrow

fenced path to a kissing-

gate. Walk down the field

on the right side of a row of

trees to reach Brooms

Lane, and turn right to

return to the Jolly Drovers,

probably for a drink and a

very reasonable meal.

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On the first Sunday in

August, Churches

Together staged one of its

summer Songs of Praise on

the Village Green. In lovely

evening sunshine we started

with the carol ‘O little town of

Bethlehem’. A rather strange

choice of opening hymn!

The reason was that I had

just come back from four

marvellous, bitter-sweet

weeks at the Tantur

Ecumenical Institute just

outside the Berlin-style wall

surrounding Bethlehem. I

got used to walking through

an armed Israeli check-point

any time I wanted to visit the

town where Jesus of

Nazareth was born. It was a

far cry from ‘O little town of

Bethlehem, how still we see

thee lie. Above thy deep and

dreamless sleep the silent

stars go by.’

Just inside the check-point,

dozens of taxi-drivers stood

by their cabs waiting for

business that hardly ever

arrived. Most of the shops

and hotels were shuttered.

The city looked demoralised

and disfunctional. I made

three unavailing attempts to

pray at Rachel’s Tomb,

which is reserved for Jewish

pilgrims as a national shrine.

Young armed soldiers

stopped me each time.

There are three refugee

camps in Bethlehem. I spent

O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEMa morning in Dheisha, the

biggest of them, housing

13,000 Palestinians in a very

confined space. It was

moving to see the names of

all the villages and towns

they had been displaced

from since the late forties.

They were there on the walls

of the Community Centre to

remind children of later

generations where their true

home was.

The real reason we sang ‘O

little town of Bethlehem’ on

the Green sprang from a

conversation I had with a

vibrant young Franciscan

who was parish priest of the

church at the place where

Jesus was born. Himself a

Palestinian, he asked me to

remember our embattled

fellow Christians who were

being strangled as a

community. Too many of

them thought of emigration

as the only cure for their

walled-in existence.

I promised that we would

pray for them, talk to

politicians about them and

try to give some practical

help. He runs job-creation

schemes for graduates of

Bethlehem University -

highly qualified young

people with nothing to do,

nowhere to go. He works

flat out to save them from

emigrating. He tries to get

funds together to buy up

houses and land when they

come on the market to

provide affordable housing,

especially for young

couples. Would that we in

Lanchester had that sort of

vision!

The pessimists say that in a

generation’s time there will

be no Christians living in the

land of Christ. Father Amgad

wants to prove them wrong.

The Bethlehem Wall is well

decorated with graffiti, some

negative like ‘American

Dollars = Palestinian

Apartheid’, others idealistic

like ‘Fear builds Walls, Hope

builds Bridges’! As I write

this the exodus of settlers

from Gaza is well underway.

The optimist sees the retreat

of 8000 illegal settlers as a

sign of hope. But the realist

remembers the large, very

permanent and prosperous

illegal Israeli settlements just

outside despairing

Bethlehem. There are more

than 400,000 settlers on the

West Bank and in East

Jerusalem.

When we’re singing ‘O

little town of Bethlehem’

again on the Green during

the very popular carols on

Christmas Eve, I’ll be

saying with particular

conviction ‘The hopes and

fears of all the years are met

in thee tonight’.

Canon Bob Spence

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DINING OUT

Victuals Restaurant & BarTownhall Buildings, Corbridge, NE45 5AD Tel: 01434 632288

Well what can I say. This

restaurant is a total find.

It’s just lovely. Six of us

dined there on Saturday

18th June (you know the

night where it was so humid

it was practically

impossible to sleep) and

despite the intense heat

and the layer of sweat that

was on everyone’s top lip

that evening the food and

the atmosphere of this

place totally out weighed

the uncomfortable heat

and humidity of the night.

We were greeted with such

warmth and friendliness it

was like walking into an

old friend’s house for the

evening and being a really

welcome guest. The waiter

apologised profusely for

the amount he was

perspiring and suggested

that no-one should

attempt to slap him on the

back at the end of the

night for his excellent

service and attention.

We omitted having starters

as we are all really dessert

people at the end of the

day and delved straight

into the main courses. Two

of us chose Parmesan

crusted sea-bass fillet on

samphire mash with basil

drizzle and roast cherry

tomatoes, there were three

choices of Rosemary

chicken with chorizo

sausage, garlic and white

wine, served with mash and

vegetables and one

Souvlaki – marinated lamb

skewers served with

tsatsiki, pommes frites,

salad and pickled chilli.

My choice was the sea-

bass and to be totally

honest with you it was

beautiful despite the

intense heat I can honestly

say I enjoyed every single

bite and finished the whole

plate despite being

incredibly full and to be fair

a total pig about it but it

was just too good to leave.

My companion chose the

lamb and let me try some

which was also lovely and

the accompanying

pommes frites were

especially good. I was

reliably informed by all three

chicken devourers that

their choice was also

particularly gratifying but

not being offered a taste

for myself I cannot confirm

this from a personal

perspective although next

time I’ll be sure to ask for

research purposes only.

For dessert and despite

being full I forced myself

into a choice of Real vanilla

ice-cream with a warm

chocolate sauce and other

desserts around the table

included Warm Apple

Crumble with Vanilla Ice

Cream, Fresh Mango

cheesecake and Panetone

Bread and Butter Pudding

with Crème Anglaise. All

six of us had desserts

which was my primary

excuse for allowing myself

more food after feeling so

terribly stuffed and despite

again not being offered a

taste of any of the other

diners choices I was

assured again and again

that they all indeed were

lovely. My choice which

to be fair I protectively kept

to myself was gorgeous.

The ice-cream was probably

the best I’ve tasted and the

warm chocolate sauce is

always the perfect

accompaniment.

Over the course of the

evening which in total

lasted two and a half hours

we managed 2 bottles of

wine and I think about 5

pints of lager. We were

also given complimentary

bread and olives on arrival

which were replenished on

request and the staff had

no problems with

supplying several jugs of

water for the evening

which were totally

essential in the heat.

I really enjoyed this

restaurant as did we all.

The staff were so nice and

friendly and really there

wasn’t anything that was

too much trouble. I would

be very surprised if there

could be fault found here

and will definitely going

back a second time.

In total the bill came to just

over £50 per couple which

was very reasonable and

well worth the money.

Atmosphere 9/10

Service 9/10

Price versus quality 9/10

Food Quality 9/10

Disability access - No but

the manager stated that they

were happy to serve the

restaurant menu in the tapas

bar they have downstairs if

informed in advance.

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The senior personnel

officer to Durham

Constabulary has

attended the Royal garden

party at Buckingham

Palace.

Judith Clewlow has worked

for Durham Constabulary

for the last 22 years,

starting as a junior clerical

officer at Aykley Heads.

She has worked in various

departments there, but

spent most of her time in

the personnel and

LANCESTRIAN ATTENDS GARDENPARTY

recruitment department.

She is not a police officer

but works with civilian

support staff.

Having gained her degree

in the Institute of

Professional Development

earlier this year, Judith was

delighted to receive the

invitation from H.M. the

Queen to attend the Garden

Party in July in recognition

of her good work and long

commitment to Durham

C o n s t a b u l a r y .

Judith

Clewlow

Judith attended the Garden

Party with her husband

Brian, and, although this

took place on the same day

as the failed second wave

of attempted bombings in

London, went ahead

without incident as indeed

the safest place to be at the

time was within the

grounds of the Palace due

to heightened security.

Cucumber sandwiches

and tea were served in the

best of tradition.

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WHAWHAWHAWHAWHAT’S ON?T’S ON?T’S ON?T’S ON?T’S ON?

Lanchester Community

Association

The Satanic MillsFollowing the very successful talk

last year on Lanchester, Margaret

Southworth will give an illus-

trated talk on the history of

Consett and Shotley Bridge.

29th September 2005 7.30pm

Lanchester Community Centre

Admission £3.00 per ticket

Tickets available from:-

Lanchester Community Centre

or John Hurran 01207 520288

‘ACTIONFOR

ANIMALS’It might be an exercise

centre for our furry and

feathered friends, or

maybe a dating agency?

It is an exhibition to be held

in Lanchester library during

September, so why not come

along and see it? You can

borrow a book as well.

CREATIVEWRITING

A small group of people

interested in writing

gather in Lanchester

library every Tuesday

from 2 till 4pm, starting on

September 6th. There is

no tutor, with members

proposing different

challenges each week.

New members will be

welcome on that date or

any Tuesday following.

Bring some paper, a pen

and your ideas.

Tutors will be on hand to

give advice and

information on Saturday

3rd September, and you

can register for your

chosen class any time

between 10 am and 12

noon.

Classes in Tai Chi, Tae

Kwando, Yoga, Belly

dancing, Digital

p h o t o g r a p h y ,

Watercolours, Male Voice

singing, Spanish, Scottish

Dance, German, Silk

Painting, Lace making,

Reading, Russian, French,

Zen garden, and

Lacquered leather

jewellery making (could

be two classes?) are listed

in leaflets now available in

the Community Centre.

COMMUNITYCENTRE

THISAUTUMN

LANCHESTERHISTORYSOCIETY

THEROMANNORTH

The start of the 2005/6

Society’s evening talks

will begin with a visit by

Dr Brian Dobson who is

to present a talk on the

‘Romans in the North’.

The Society has been

very fortunate in having

Dr Dobson as President

over the last few years.

He is now enjoying a well

earned retirement,

although some will say

that it is really a ‘busman’s

holiday’, as he is still in

wide demand for lectures

on the Roman Army.

Dr Dobson was Head of

the Archaelogical

Department of Durham

University for a number

of years. He is also widely

recognised as one of the

World’s foremost

authorities on the Roman

Wall and the Roman

Army.

The talk will be held in the

Community Centre at

7.30 pm on Friday 2nd

September, and promises

to be entertaining and

educational. Knowing

Brian Dobson and his

sense of humour, it will

not be ‘dry and dusty’!

MARCVEHICLE

Answers to enquiries

about housing, council

tax benefit, welfare

r ights quer ies , tax

credi ts , pension

credi ts and any

customer services

related issue to the

council are available

from the MARC vehicle

which will be parked in

Front Street Tuesday

September 13th. The

police may be present,

but if not, queries/

complaints can be

passed on to them. It

will also be possible to

obtain bus passes, if

people br ing along

proof of identity and

date of birth.

MOTHERS’UNION

The September meeting

is on Wednesday 14th

in the Chapter House at

7.30pm, when Mrs Sally

Benson will speak about

MU overseas work in

Kenya and The Gambia.

READINGGROUP

The reading group which

started last November

continues on Tuesday

6th September in

Lanchester Library, led by

tutor Maureen Robinson.

There is no charge for the

sessions, which are from

10 till 12 on the first

Tuesday of every month.

Books are provided to all

members for subsequent

discussion.

SHORTWALKS

Acorn Amblers offer a

Sunday afternoon walk

starting at Salters Gate

(first right after Satley,

map reference NZ

077426), starting at

1.30pm on 18th

September. There are

superb views

descending to Tunstall

Lake on a 4.5 mile circuit.

VOICESFOR

HOSPICESA varied programme will

be on offer on October

8th at Consett Empire

with songs from the

shows by SNUG, and

classical favourites.

Tickets £6/£5 from the

box office.

BEAMISHTROPHY

TRIALThis 100 mile trial for

vintage motorbikes

starts at the Board Inn

from 9am onwards on

Sunday September 13th.

The 34th trial is

organised by Durham

Classic Motorcycle

Club, and passes

through parts of

Cumbria, Durham and

N o r t h u m b e r l a n d

including a stop at

Allendale.

HELPWITH

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Monday and Thursday

mornings from 9.30 till

11.30am, and on

Tuesday af ternoons

from 3.30 till 4.30pm.

Helpful, friendly and

patient folks await you

there willing to give

advice, and it’s free.

FLOWERCLUB

Members of the Flower

Club return after a

month’s hiatus on

Wednesday September

28th to see and hear Val

Guest of Sedgefield,

whose demonstration

has “Elements of

Autumn”. The meeting is

at 2 pm in the Community

Centre.

HORTI-CULTURAL

SHOWLanchester Social Club

hosts the annual

horticultural show on

Saturday 10th

September, when leeks

and other produce as

well as some beautiful

flowers will be on view

in the evening, then on

Sunday 11th in the

afternoon and evening.

After the prize-giving on

Sunday evening there

will be a sale by auction

about 9 pm.

MPOur Member of

Parliament, Hilary

Armstrong, will be

prepared to meet

constituents at the Civic

Centre, Consett on

Friday 9th September at

6 pm.

The choir will resume

practice after the summer

break on Monday, 5th

September 2005 in the main

hall of the Community

Centre at 7.30 pm.  New

members are welcome.

LANCHESTERMALEVOICECHOIR

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On Saturday 27th August

at 7.30 pm, a programme

of Music for Viola da

Gamba and Harpsichord

is performed by Greg

Pullen (viola da gamba)

and Dr Ian Brunt

(harpsichord & organ)

entitled Modus

Phantasticus, a reference

to both the ghostly and

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Marais, Forqueray.

Telemann and

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Phantasticus and

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Basse de V’iole with

harpsichord. Greg Pullen

has recently received

glowing reviews for his

performance in York of the

Sonatas by J S Bach for

Viola da Gamba, with the

Lanchester programme

including the wonderful

Sonata in G minor, BWV

1029. This tour de force

for both viol and

harpsichord has the

elegiac Adagio which was

played throughout the

film Truly, Madly, Deeply,

underlying both the

virtuosity and haunting

expression of which this

instrument is capable.

All the King’s Men on

Saturday 10th September

at 7.30 pm sees Philip Cull

(oboe), Brian Stewart

(flute) and Dr Ian Brunt

(flute, harpsichord &

organ) again as

HEXHAM COLLEGIUM

MUSICUM in late

Baroque and Early

Classical repertoire from

the Court of Frederick the

Great by Quant, C P E

Bach, Christoph

Schaffrath, Hasse, Graun

and Benda, all gifted

musicians in the entourage

of the King. The

programme combines

superb Baroque Trios and

Trio Sonatas with

Empfindsamkeit style solo

Sonatas for oboe, flute and

organ by C P E Bach, J S

Bach’s greatest son. The

contemporary readings for

this programme also

provides an unparalleled

series of eyewitness

accounts of the music at

Court and the character of

the King, linking with the

opening programme of the

Series.

The final concert in

LANCHESTER EARLY

MUSIC FESTIVAL 2005 is

a special excursion out of

the village to ROWLEY

BAPTIST CHURCH near

Castleside, Consett, on

Saturday 24th September

at the earlier time of 7.00 pm,

for an evening of Music

from Regency England.

The Baptist Chapel is a

unique early foundation of

1652 granted during the

Commonwealth of Oliver

CromweII as well as being

home to an enchanting and

historic chamber organ of

c 1120 by Henry

Bevington. The

programme title Twelve

Miles from a Lemon is a

foretaste of the literary

readings being taken from

Sidney Smith (1771-18I5),

Canon of St Paul’s, whose

wicked wit and joie de vivre

conjure up the Regency

world so vividly. Dr Ian

Brunt (organ) will be joined

by Brian Stewart (flute) for

this ‘Innocent Diversion’

(in the words of Jane

Austen) back in musical

time. All places are

UNRESERVED for this

concert, with a Retiring

Collection for Chapel

funds.

Full details of Reservations

and ticket prices for all

concerts are included on

the LANCHESTER

EARLY MUSIC

FESTIVAL poster.

LANCHESTER EARLYMUSIC FESTIVAL

THESATANICMILLS

We all know that

Consett was famous for

the Steel Works, but

why was it built in

Consett, when was it

built, what other

industries sprang up

around it and what was

there before it?

Margaret Southworth

will provide these and

many other facts when

she gives an illustrated

talk on the history of

Shotley Bridge and

Consett.

If you came to last year’s

excellent talk on the

history of Lanchester

you will know that you

are in for an interesting

evening. Margaret has

her own style of

presentation that will

keep us all entertained

at the same time as

providing us with some

very interesting facts on

our local history.

The evening will start at

7.30pm on the 29th

September in the main

hall of the Community

Centre, tickets price

£3.00 and are available

from the Community

Centre or by contacting

John Hurran 520288.

Proceeds from the

evening are for the

Community Centre

funds.

LANCHESTERSOCIALCLUB

What’s on in September,

with no cover charge.

Saturday 3rd, back again,

the brilliant Stephanie.

Saturday 10th,

introducing Mitch.

Saturday 17th, Nigel’s

Karaoke.

Saturday 24th, another

cracker, Elizabeth.

50-50 dancing every

Friday, with £1 cover

charge, 7pm till 11pm.

Fun Karaoke on Sunday

evenings, free.

On Saturday September 3rd

the small hall of the

Community Centre will be

full of stalls selling cakes,

pies, jams, chutney, garden

produce and crafts,

including hand painted

cards and silk scarves. Cakes

can be made to order for

weddings, anniversaries

and of course, Christmas.

Tea and coffee, with scones

even, will be on sale at a

reasonable price These

goodies will be sold

between 10.00 and 11.30am.

LANCHESTERCOUNTRY MARKET

What’s new, say the

cognoscenti, who are well

aware that this sort of thing

happens on the first Saturday

of every month. New

organiser Eveline Cowan,

taking over from Heather

Parkin, tells us that ‘WI

Market’ is no longer

acceptable, due to some

technicality re. charitable

status. However Eveline,

who comes from Dalton-le-

Dale to run our market,

promises that everything will

be as good as before.

WINE ATNINE

You are invited to a wine

tasting and quiz to be held in

All Saints RC church hall on

Friday 16th September,

starting at 8pm. Places are

limited at this event, which is

held in aid of Willow Burn

hospice, and tickets, price

£7.50, can be obtained from

the hospice on 528264.

WILDLIFEGROUP

In a change to the planned

programme, Gordon

Simpson will talk to the

Wildlife Group on Fungi on

Tuesday September 13th,

starting at 7.30pm in the small

hall of the Community

Centre. New members and

fungi fanciers are welcome

to attend.

On Monday 5th

September, at 7pm, Mark

James will be about to

address the Members of

the WI on the subject of

Durham Wildlife Trust. A

competition for a small

W Ibird or animal ornament

will be judged, quite

probably by the speaker.

New members are

welcome to join the

meeting in the small hall in

the Community Centre.

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KEEP USINFORMED

Success in different

sports has taken two

young people from

Lanchester to America.

19 year old Samantha

Morgan has followed in

her brother Jamie’s

footsteps, and has

travelled to the USA to

coach tennis. She has

ventured to Chris

Evert’s Academy in

Florida to coach the

young hopefuls from

around the world.

Samantha started

playing tennis in

AMERICAN SUCCESSLanchester at 8 years old

and plays with Shotley

Bridge ladies team as

well as the University of

Northumbria team. She

has taken this unique

opportunity to coach for

the summer, and hopes

this will lead on to further

coaching, maybe all over

the world.

Jamie also lives in

Florida, having won a

football scholarship

three years ago. He has

won many trophies

while there, including

All American champion,

and this year he joins

the American draft

system for a shot at the

professional game.

Both had a good

grounding from the start

of their educational life,

attending Lanchester

E.P. school and St

Bede’s Comprehensive.

Their family is very

proud of them both, and

would like to share their

achievements with the

good people of

Lanchester.

Samantha Morgan’s brother Jamie who won a Football scholorship to

Florida

Samantha Morgan has travelled to USA to

coach tennis

Jamie wearing the ISKA belt

Lanchester kick-boxer

Jamie Bates , who

added a fourth junior

world t i t le to his

col lect ion at the

KICK-BOXING SUCCESSworld amateur

champion.

Like professional

boxing, kick-boxing

has no central

governing body.

Jamie won the ISKA

championship on 9th

June by defeating the

Belgian Augry Fanni,

and now has only to

win the WKA title to

hold a full set, as did

his father in 1974.

Jamie started

kick-boxing at

the age of three

in the gym run

by his father,

Goff Bates, in

Annfield Plain.

He is now

located in the

C l a v e r i n g

Youth Club.

Jamie Bates is

also a black belt

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